Electronic Device and Method for Controlling the Same

1. An electronic device, comprising: a communication unit configured to communicate with an external device; an acquisition unit configured to access a device in which content data files are stored; and a control unit configured to provide, in response to a request from the external device, information of at least one of the stored content data files to the external device via the communication unit, wherein, when the control unit receives from the external device a request that requests information of content data files and that specifies a number, the control unit transmits to the external device the specified number of information of content data files in an order from a newest content data file from among the stored content data files.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein each information includes an ID and entry information of a corresponding content data file.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic device provides an application programming interface (API) that enables the external device to request the information of at least one of the stored content data files, and the electronic device transmits to the external device requested information of content data files in response to an API request received from the external device.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein, if the request specifies an order, the control unit transmits the information of the content data files in the specified order.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein, if the request specifies an order, the control unit transmits the information of the content data files in the specified order, and if the request does not specify an order, the control unit transmits the information of the content data files in the order from the newest content data file.

6. A communication system in which a first electronic device and a second electronic device are connected, the first electronic device comprising: a first communication unit configured to communicate with the second electronic device; an acquisition unit configured to access a device in which content data files are stored; and a first control unit configured to provide, in response to a request from the second electronic device, information of at least one of the stored content data files to the second electronic device via the communication unit, the second electronic device comprising: a second communication unit configured to communicate with the first electronic device; and a second control unit configured to transmit a request for information of content data files to the first electronic device via the second communication unit, and receive a response to the request via the second communication unit, wherein the second control unit transmits to the first electronic device the request specifying a number of information of content data files that are required, and the first control unit, when receiving from the second electronic device a request that requests information of content data files and that specifies a number, transmits to the second electronic device the specified number of information of content data files in an order from a newest content data file from among the stored content data files.

7. A method for controlling an electronic device having communication unit for communicating with an external device, the method comprising: a control step of providing, in response to a request from the external device, information of at least one of content data files to the external device via the communication unit, wherein, in the control step, when a request that requests information of content data files and that specifies a number is received from the external device, the specified number of information of content data files are transmitted to the external device in an order from a newest content data file from among the specified number of content data files.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as an electronic device, comprising: a communication unit configured to communicate with an external device; an acquisition unit configured to access a device in which content data files are stored; and a control unit configured to provide, in response to a request from the external device, information of at least one of the stored content data files to the external device via the communication unit, wherein, when the control unit receives from the external device a request that requests information of content data files and that specifies a number, the control unit transmits to the external device the specified number of information of content data files in an order from a newest content data file from among the stored content data files.